Levels of Endowments
Endowments are a critical element in the educational institution’s
vitality and quality. UTHSC-H encourages the establishment of permanent
endowments to recruit, support and encourage faculty and students, stimulate
productive research and build facilities. The UT System Board of Regents
gratefully accepts gifts and approves the establishment of each endowment
at the minimum levels indicated:
Distinguished University Chair - $2 million
Distinguished Chair - $1 million
Chair -$500,000
Distinguished Professorship - $250,000
Professorship - $100,000
Fellowship - $50,000
Scholarship - $10,000
The first five categories of endowed academic positions listed above
are held by faculty who are appointed to these positions by the UT
System Board of Regents. The appointee, or holder, uses the endowment
income both for salary supplementation and for other professional support,
including assistance in the holder’s research.
Fellowships are
also established and appointees are approved by the UT System Board
of Regents. Endowment income may be used to supplement the salary
and professional support of a holder. The income also may be used to
provide temporary support, not to exceed one academic year, of distinguished
scholars who are in temporary residence while participating in planned
academic programs; of visiting scholars for special academic programs
or purposes; of component faculty who have made unique contributions
to academic life or to knowledge in their academic discipline; and
of component faculty who have been selected for teaching excellence.
Scholarships
and support of other educational activities are vital to the success
of an educational institution. These endowments are designated for
specific purposes of interest to donors such as support of specific research,
awards to outstanding teachers or students, scholarships and student
loans and support of specific laboratories, among others.
Current Endowments Distinguished University Chair
John S. Dunn Distinguished
University Chairin Ophthalmology, 1992
Richard S. Ruiz, MD
Richard S. Ruiz,
MD, Distinguished University Chair in Ophthalmology,
1998
No current appointment
Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished University Chair in Heart Disease,
2000
K. Lance Gould, MD
Robert A. Welch
Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry,
2003
No current appointment
Distinguished Chair
John S. Dunn Distinguished Chair in Radiology, 1987
Carl M. Sandler, MD
Distinguished Chair in Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine, 1993
L. Maximilian Buja, MD
Distinguished Chair in Molecular Pathology,
1993
Robert L. Hunter, Jr., MD, PhD
C. R. Bard, Inc./Edward J. McGuire, MD,
Distinguished Chair in Urology, 1996
Michael L. Ritchey, MD
Nancy, Clive and Pierce Runnells Distinguished
Chair in Neurosurgery, 1997
Guy L. Clifton, MD
John S. Dunn, Sr., Distinguished Chair
in Physiology and Medicine, 1998
Ferid Murad, MD, PhD
Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished
Chair in Neurology, 2000
James C. Grotta, MD
George and Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair in
Neurosciences
No current appointment
Nancy and Rich Kinder Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular
Disease Research
No current appointment
James T. Willerson Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular
Research in Tribute from the Ewing Halsell Foundation
No current appointment
Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry,
2003
John L. Spudich, PhD
Chair
Pat R. Rutherford, Jr., Chair in Psychiatry,
1982
Alan C. Swann, MD
A. G. McNeese Chair in Pediatric Surgery,
1982
Kevin P. Lally, MD
Edward Randall, III, Chair in Internal
Medicine, 1983
James T. Willerson, MD
Dr. Thomas D. Cronin Chair in Plastic
Surgery, 1986
Donald H. Parks, MD
Rockwell Chair in Society and Health in
the School of Public Health, 2000
M. David Low, MD, PhD
Denton A. Cooley, MD, Chair in Surgery,
1986
Richard J. Andrassy, MD
Fayez Sarofim Chair in Ophthalmology, 1992
No current appointment
Harvey S. Rosenberg, MD, Chair in Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine, 1987
Dani S. Zander, MD
Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Chair in Gerontology,
1988
Kenneth K. Wu, MD, PhD
Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Chair in Neurology,
1988
Frank M. Yatsu, MD
Isla Carroll Turner Chair in Gerontological Nursing,
1988
Sharon Ostwald, PhD, RN, CS
Cecil M. Crigler, MD, Chair in Urology, 1991
No current appointment
Adriana Blood Chair in Neurology, 1992
Ian J. Butler, MD, FRACP
Bernice Weingarten Chair in Ophthalmology, 1992
Charles A. Garcia, MD
Joe M. Green, Jr., Chair in Ophthalmology, 1994
Richard W. Yee, MD
Frederic B. Asche Chair in Ophthalmology, 1995
Morris L. (Jack) Crawford, PhD
Edward T. Smith, MD, Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery,
1995
Thomas O. Clanton, MD
Jesse H. Jones Chair in Structural Biology, 1996
No current appointment
Cullen Chair in Molecular Medicine, 1996
No current appointment
Fondren Chair in Cellular Signaling, 1997
Stanley G. Schultz, MD
Elizabeth Bidgood Chair in Rheumatology, 1997
Frank C. Arnett, Jr., MD
Joseph C. Gabel, MD, Chair in Anesthesiology, 1997
Robert E. Drake, PhD
C. Frank Webber Chair in Family Medicine, 1997
Carlos A. Moreno, MD
Elizabeth Morford Chair in Ophthalmology, 1998
Stephen C. Massey, PhD
President George Bush Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine,
1998
No current appointment
John S. Dunn, Sr., Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, 1998
William Dowhan, PhD
Hans J. Müller-Eberhard, MD, PhD, Chair in Immunology,
2000
No current appointment
James T. and Nancy B. Willerson Chair, 2001
Bruce C. Kone, MD
William S. Kilroy, Sr., Chair in Pulmonary Disease,
2003
No current appointment
Distinguished
Professorship
H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professorship
in the Medical Sciences, 1981
L. Maximilian Buja, MD
Raul G. Caffesse, DDS, MS, Dr. Odont.
Distinguished Professorship in Periodontics, 1995
No current appointment
John S. Dunn, Sr., Distinguished Professorship
in Oncology Nursing, 1996
Marlene Zichi Cohen, PhD
Alkek/Williams Distinguished Professorship, 1996
James T. Willerson, MD
John P. McGovern, MD, Distinguished Professorship
in Nursing, 1996
Patricia Starck, DSN, RN, FAAN
John P. McGovern, MD, Distinguished Professorship
in Ophthalmology, 1996
No current appointment
Lee and Joseph Jamail Distinguished Professorship,
1997
Janet Meininger, PhD, RN, FAAN
Lee and Joseph Jamail Distinguished Professorship,
1997
Maura Baun, DNSc
Lee and Joseph Jamail Distinguished Professorship,
1997
No current appointment
Lorne D. Bain Distinguished Professorship
in Public Health and Medicine, 1997
Lu Ann Aday, PhD
Michelle Bain Distinguished Professorship
in Medicine and Public Health, 1997
Jon E. Tyson, MD
The Children’s Fund, Inc., Distinguished Professorship
in Pediatric Surgery Trauma, 1983
Charles S. Cox, MD
Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished
Professorship in Anesthesiology, 1998
Jeffrey Katz, MD
Walter and Mary Mischer Distinguished Professorship
in Molecular Medicine, 1996
Irma Gigli, MD
John Edward Tyson Distinguished Professorship in Cardiology,
2000
S. Ward Casscells, III, MD
June and Virgil Waggoner Distinguished Professorship
John H. Byrne, PhD
Levit Family Distinguished Professorship in the Neurosciences,
2002
No current appointment
George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Distinguished
Professorship in Cardiovascular Research, 2003
No current appointment
Vale Asche Russell Distinguished Professorship in
Ophthalmology, 1998
Thomas C. Prager, PhD, MPH
Professorship
Jack S. Josey Professorship in Dermatology,
1970
Robert E. Jordon, MD
James W. Rockwell Professorship in Public
Health, 1977
No current appointment
Betty Wheless Trotter Professorship in
the Medical Sciences, 1980
Yunxin Fu, PhD
John P. McGovern, MD, Professorship in
Health Promotion, 1981
Guy S. Parcel, PhD
David R. Park Professorship in Pediatric
Medicine, 1981
John W. Sparks, MD
Jack R. Winston Visiting Professorship
in Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry, 1981
John B. Holmes Professorship in the Clinical Sciences,
1982
James H. Duke, Jr., MD
Kraft W. Eidman Professorship in the Medical Sciences,
1983
James A. Ferrendelli, MD
Emma Sue Hightower Professorship in Obstetrics, Gynecology
and Reproductive Sciences, 1983
Larry C. Gilstrap, III, MD
Mary Wilson Kelsey Professorship in the Medical Sciences,
1983
Herbert L. DuPont, MD
Griff T. Ross Professorship in Humanities and Technology
in Health Care, 1984
Stanley J. Reiser, MD, PhD
Dr. John T. Armstrong Professorship in Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, 1984
Robert C. Maier, MD
Richard Warren Mithoff Professorship in Neonatal/Perinatal
Medicine, 1985
Fernando R. Moya, MD
William N. Finnegan, III, Professorship in the Dental
Sciences, 1985
No current appointment
Robert Greer Professorship in the Biomedical Sciences,
1986
Steven J. Norris, PhD
William M. Wheless, III, Professorship in Biomedical
Sciences, 1987
No current appointment
Allan King Professorship in Public Health, 1987
Robert J. Hardy, PhD
The Berel Held, MD, Professorship in Obstetrics, Gynecology
and Reproductive Sciences, 1988
Susan Marie Ramin, MD
J. Ralph Meadows Professorship in Internal Medicine,
1989
Barbara E. Murray, MD
A. G. McNeese, Jr., Professorship in Ophthalmology,
1991
No current appointment
Walter and Ruth Sterling Professorship in Ophthalmology,
1991
Malcolm L. Mazow, MD
George S. Bruce, Jr., Professorship in Arthritis and
Other Rheumatic Diseases, 1993
John D. Reveille, MD
Adrien and Gladys Drouilhet Visiting Professorship
in Ophthalmology, 1994
Theodore J. and Mary E. Trumble Professorship in Aging
Research, 1994
Nancy I. Bergstrom, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professorship in Forensic Pathology, 1994
Luis Arturo Sanchez, MD
Theodore R. and Maureen O’Driscoll Levy Endowed
Professorship in Cardiology Research, 1996
Francisco Fuentes, MD
Robert K. Creasy, MD, Professorship in Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, 1996
Allan R. Katz, MD
James H. “Red” Duke, Jr., MD, Professorship
in Surgery, 1996
Frederick A. Moore, MD
James H. Steele, DVM, Professorship in Public Health,
1996
Joseph B. McCormick, MD
Laurence and Johanna Favrot Professorship in Cardiology,
1996
No current appointment
Beth Toby Grossman Professorship of Spirituality and
Healing, 1996
No current appointment
Levit Family Professorship in the Neurosciences, 1997
Jack C. Waymire, PhD
Jay Brent Sterling Professorship in Cardiovascular
Medicine, 1997
Richard W. Smalling, MD, PhD
Ernest L. Kurth, Jr., Professorship in Ophthalmology,
1997
Jeffrey Day Lanier, MD
Stephen A. Lasher Professorship in Ophthalmology,
1997
No current appointment
Gibson and Martha Gayle Professorship in Ophthalmology,
1998
No current appointment
Alfred W. Lasher, III, Professorship in Ophthalmology,
1998
Helen A. Mintz-Hitner, MD
Blair Justice, PhD, Professorship in Mind-Body Medicine
and Public Health, 1998
No current appointment
Dan and Lillie Sterling Professorship in Clinical
Gastroenterology, 1998
Gene D. LeSage, MD
John P. McGovern Professorship in Addiction Nursing,
1998
Marianne T. Marcus, EdD
The Michael Matthew Knight Memorial Professorship
in Pediatrics, 1999
Susan H. Landry, PhD
Bartels Family Professorship in Neurology, 1999
Jerry S. Wolinsky, MD
John P. McGovern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Endowed Professorship, 2001
George M. Stancel, PhD
Thomas S. Matney, PhD, Endowed Professorship in Environmental
and Genetic Sciences, 2002
No current appointment
John P. McGovern, MD, Professorship in Oslerian Medicine,
2003
Bryant Boutwell, DrPH
Keenen Professorship in Cardiology, 2003
No current appointment
Lectureship* James J. and Una T. Truitt Medical Educational Endowment, 1955
Mr. and Mrs. George T. Abell Lectureship in Neurology, 1976
Robert E. Gross Lectureship in Pediatric Surgery, 1978
Grant Taylor Lectureship in Medical Ethics, 1981
John P. McGovern Lectureship in Biomedical Computing and Imaging, 1982
Sam and Elizabeth Nixon Visiting Lectureship in Family Practice, 1982
Dr. Henry W. Withers Lectureship in Family Practice, 1983
Ray A. and Robert L. Kroc Lectureship in the Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences, 1985
Harold Cooper Lectureship for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences, 1987
William S. Fields Lectureship in Neurology, 1988
Roger J. Bulger Visiting Lecture Series in Health Sciences, 1988
The UT Board of Regents discontinued this type of endowment in 1988.
Endowed
Awards, Lecture Series, and Endowed Special Funds Dorothy A. Otto Award Fund
Ashbel Smith Professorships – Current Professorships William J.
Schull, PhDR. W. Butcher, PhDR. Palmer Beasley, MD Ernst Knobil, PhD
The Amelia McCarthy Memorial Fund for Dr. Walter Henry Scherer, 1960
John H. Freeman Fund, 1972
The R. P. Doherty Memorial Fund, 1973
John H. Freeman Award for Faculty Teaching, 1978
Walter G. Sterling Awards for Excellence, 1978
Walter Henry Scherer Fund for Dentistry, 1983
The Bettie Collins and Helene Collins Sprong Fund, 1984
John P. McGovern, MD, Award for Outstanding Teacher, 1984
The Harris County Medical Society Auxiliary Award for Clinical Excellence
in Nursing, 1986
UTDB Alumni Association Endowment Fund, 1986
The Women of Rotary Club of Houston UT Dental Branch Student Scholarship
and Loan Fund, 1987
Research Projects in Academic Surgery Endowment, 1988
C. Frank Webber, MD, Prize for Student Research, 1989
Adriana Blood Endowed Research Fund in Neurology, 1992
Reuel A. Stallones Memorial Endowed Lecture Series, 1993
Walter W. Kirkendall, MD, Endowed Lecture Series, 1993
Doris Simon Student Fund, 1993
Dr. Edward Randall, Jr., Memorial Fund, 1993
James T. Willerson, MD, Endowed Lecture Series, 1994
Welch Foundation Endowment in Chemistry and Related Sciences, 1994
Jay Brent Sterling Research Fund in the Medical School, 1995
Nunez, Esteban, Fuentes – NEF Diversity Endowment for Medical Students
in the Medical School, 1995
Marcus M. Key Scholarship in Occupational and Environmental Health, 1995
The Department of Anesthesiology Excellence Fund in the Medical School,
1995
David Mendell, MD, Endowed Fellowship, 1996
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing
Endowment Research Fund, 1996
Carlos E. Nasjleti, DDS, Endowment Fund for Periodontal Research, 1996
John P. McGovern, MD, Award in Health Promotion, 1996
Michael J. Jeansonne, DDS, MS, ’90 Endowed Research Fund, 1996
John H. Trolinger Award for Ethics in Healthcare, 1996
Theodore R. Levy Endowed Cardiac Research Fund, 1997
Stephen C. Hoffman, MD, Student Assistance Fund, 1997
Center for Outcome Study and Program Evaluation in Mental Health, 1997
The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Endowment in Honor of Judith Rosenberg
Hoffberger, 1997
S. Ward Casscells, III, MD, Scholars Award, 1997
The Weatherhead Fund to Support PET, 1998
Jesse H. Jones Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1998
Helen A. Krause Endowed Research Fund in Renal Diseases, 1998
Herman A. Krause Endowed Research Fund in Orthopaedics, 1998
UT-Houston Golf Tournament Endowment, 1998
Leonard Ormsby Endowment Fund in the Medical School, 1998
Lee and Joseph D. Jamail Research Fund in the Department of Ophthalmology
and Visual Sciences, 1998
Rose Brigham Klepfer Research Fund, 1999
John M. and Susan M. Powers Dental Student Research Fund, 1999
Joseph N. Corriere, Jr., Research Fund in Urology, 1999
Eliza Lovett Randall Fellowship in Rheumatology, 2000
Ernst Knobil Endowment Fund, 2000
Weatherhead PET Center Fund, 2000
John Henry Ewell and Walter L. New Coronary Physiology Research Endowment,
2000
Elizabeth W. Quinn Oncology Research Award, 2000
John S. Dunn Research Foundation Nursing Scholars Program, 2000
Herbert and Margaret W. DuPont Master Clinical Teaching Award, 2000
Milton Yellen Memorial Fund, 2000
R. W. (Bill) Butcher Endowment for the Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences, 2001
Louis Faillace, MD, Lecture Series, 2001
Dan and Jay Sterling Fellowship in Gastroenterology
William Randolph Hearst Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Endowment,
2002
Cheves M. and Isabella C. Smythe Endowded Award for Excellence in Resident
Education
John R. Ludington, Jr., DDS, MSD, Endowed Fund in Endodontics, 2002
The Dental Hygiene Class of 2003 Endowment Fund, 2002
Eula Gross Wintermann Quasi Endowment
Mary Ann (Sandy) Lunsford Student Externship in Cardiovascular Medicine,
2002
The Sam Taub and Beatrice Burton Endowed Fellowship, 2003
IMM General Endowment, 2003
Scholarships Texas Graduate Nurses Association Scholarship and Loan Fund, 1940
Laurence E. Baker Memorial Scholarship Fund
Holman Taylor, Sr., MD, and Holman Taylor, Jr., MD, Scholarship Fund
in Dermatology, 1972
Lucy Massenberg Scholarship Fund, 1973
The Deborah Frances Soderstrom Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1981
Joe T. Nelson Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1982
The Dr. Lawrence E. Lamb Scholarship Fund (School of Public Health),
1985
The M D Anderson Matching Scholarship Fund, 1985
The UTMS-H Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, 1988
The D. Jack Kilian Memorial Scholarship, 1988
The Hardin-Parents Organization Scholarship, 1989
The Meg Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1990
The Bernard Saltzberg Research Scholarship Fund, 1990
William D. and Helen L. Guynn Research and Scholarship Fund, 1991
Daniel C. Kamas, DDS, Endowed Scholarship Fund, 1991
Catherine E. and A. G. McNeese, Jr., Medical Student Scholarship Fund,
1991
Raul G. Caffesse, DDS, MS, Endowed Scholarship Fund, 1991
The Ronald V. Glauser, DDS, Scholarship Endowment, 1991
Dierks Surgical Scholarship Fund, 1991
Dean Ornish Endowed Scholarship Fund, 1992
Lauren and Adam Strauss Endowed Scholarship, 1992
Southeast Section of TWPCA Endowed Scholarship, 1992
Dr. Heyl G. Tebo Endowed Scholarship Fund, 1992
Joseph T. Ainsworth, MD, Country Doctor, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Endowed Scholarship, 1993
Susan G. Sampson Endowed Scholarship, 1993
Andrew Sowell-Wade Huggins Endowed Scholarship, 1993
Reuel A. Stallones Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1993
Leslie A. Chambers Endowed Scholarship, 1994
Richard K. Severs Endowed Scholarship Fund, 1994
G. Roger Florky Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1994
Floyd L. Haar, MD, Scholarship Fund in the Medical School, 1995
The UT School of Nursing - Houston PARTNERS Scholarship Fund, 1995
John C. Ribble, MD, Endowed Scholarship Fund, 1995
The Corinia Diaz and Walter Bajsel Endowed Scholarship Fund, 1995
RoseAnn Waindel Endowed Memorial Scholarship for Emergency Care Nursing,
1996
Dawn M. Gross Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1996
Richard D. Remington Memorial Student Scholarship Fund, 1996
William Randolph Hearst Endowed Nursing Scholarship, 1996
Ed and Myrtle Adele Stinnett Scholarship, 1997
Helen Jiminez Dichoso, RN, Endowed Scholarship, 1997
Houston Sigma Kappa Foundation Endowed Scholarship, 1997
Gian Luigi Giannotti Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Rheumatology, 1997
Dr. M. Stewart West Memorial Scholarship in Biometry, 1997
Medical School Student Scholarship Fund, 1997
William E. Pasteur, Jr., Memorial Scholarship in Neurology, 1998
Guy and Alisa McDaniels Memorial Scholarship, in the School of Public
Health, 1998
Charles and Sybil Nolan Oncology Nursing Endowed Scholarship, 1998
Sjoerd Steunebrink Endowed Scholarship, 1998
Rennie Makohon Lesem Endowed Scholarship in Nursing, 1999
UT-Houston Student InterCouncil Scholarship, 1999
Bryant Boutwell, DrPH, and John P. McGovern, MD, Medical School Scholarship
Fund, 1999
The Class of 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977 25th Reunion Scholarship
Endowment, 1999
Daniel H. Lam Research Scholarship, 1999
Dr. Donald Charles Kroeger Student Research Scholarship, 2000
J. Fred Annegers Memorial Scholarship Fund, 2000
Ronald J. Lorimor Memorial Scholarship Fund in Behavioral Sciences, 2000
Nancy A. Akers Endowed Scholarship in the School of Nursing, 2000
Frederick C. Elliot/Severin Knutson/Rupert Estel Hall Dental Student
Scholarship Fund, 2000
Betty Murphy Scholarship in the Medical School, 2001
Speros Martel Endowment for the Aging, 2001
Dee S. and Patricia Osborne Endowed Scholarship in the Neurosciences,
2001
Roberta M. and Jean M. Worsham Endowed Scholarship, 2001
Helmuth and Mary Fuchs and James R. Waterston Endowed Scholarship
Jo Ellen Reed-Gilstrap, RN, Scholarship Fund, 2002
Organization of Parents and Friends Scholarship, 2002
Florence and Harold Smith Memorial Scholarship, 2002
Patti Jayne Ross Scholarship, 2002
Collins Hill, Jr., Memorial Scholarship in Cardiology, 2002
Charles and Rosemary Conlon Scholarship Fund, 2002
The Dolan-Mullen Family Scholarship in Public Health Education/Health
Promotion, 2002
Dean’s Endowed Scholarship Fund, 2003
Martin Frutiger Endowed Scholarship in Gerontology Nursing, 2003
Dr. Edgar H. Boelsche Scholarship, 2003
T. C. Hsu Memorial Scholarship Fund, 2003
Deferred and Pending Endowments Guynn Research Chair in Biological Psychiatry
Hollister Research Fund, 1997
Jack H. Mayfield, MD, Chair In Surgery
L. Maximilian and Donna K. Buja Chair Fund in the Medical School, 1998
George R. Brown Fund, 2000
Albert J. Weatherhead, III, Fund, 2001